Laundry and clothespin carrier



March-20, 1956 w. SHADOIN ETAL 2,738,909

LAUNDRY AND CLOTHESPIN CARRIER Filed Nov. 15, 1953 Gearge M. .hadolSylvester Guag/iardo INVENTORS.

BY MM Em United States Patent Ofifice 2,738,909 Patented Mar. 20, 1956LAUNDRY AND CLOTHESPIN CARRIER George W. Shadoin and SylvesterGuagliardo, Bay Saint Louis, Miss.

Application November 13, 1953, Serial No. 391,803

1 Claim. (Cl. 224--) The present invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in laundry and clothespin carriers adapted for supportingon the body of a person and equipped with means for holding laundry tobe carried from a laundry room to a clothesline on which the laundry isto be hung.

An important object of invention is to provide a laundry carrier of thischaracter including a foldable arm on which a number of launderedgarments may be supported while the latter are being placed individuallyon a clothesline and also to provide a pocket on the carrier for holdingclothespins.

Another object of the invention is to provide a strap by means of whichthe carrier may be suspended from the neck and shoulders of a person,thus leaving the hands free, and with the laundry supporting armextending horizontally in front of the person to eliminate the usualpractice of stooping to pick up the laundry from a clothes basket.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is strong and durable, neat andattractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture andotherwise well adapted for the purpose for which the same is intended.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view; and

Figure 3 is a side elevational view, showing the carrier in foldedposition.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration we have disclosed a preferred embodiment of our inventionthe numeral 5 designates a rigid panel which may be constructed oflightweight wood, metal, plastic or other suitable material and worn orsupported in the manner of an apron by means of a strap 6 attached tothe upper edges of the panel and adapted for placing behind the neck ofthe wearer to support the panel in front of the wearer. The back of thestrap 6 is provided with a pad 7 of suitable material to relieve thewearer of discomfort formed by pressure of the strap against the back ofthe neck.

A pair of channel brackets 8 are suitably secured to the front of thepanel 5 adjacent the center thereof and in which the arms 9 of asubstantially U-shaped garment support 10 are swingably supported bymeans of trunnions 11 at the inner ends of the arms engaged in verticalslots 12 extending upwardly at the lower edges of the brackets to lockthe arms in the brackets and with the arms resting on transverse pins 13carried by the brackets forwardly of the slots 12.

The other ends of the arms 9 are curved outwardly in diverging relationwith respect to each other as shown at 14 and are connected to eachother by means of a front cross bar 15 to increase the width of thelaundry support at its front end.

A canvas or other suitable foldable receptacle 16 is attached to thelower front portion of the panel or apron 5 and is provided withvertical reinforcing rods 17 at the side edges of the receptacle and aU-shaped stiffening member 18 for the upper edge thereof and which isfoldable with the receptacle inwardly against the panel when not in use.Clothespins or other laundry accessories may be carried in thereceptacle, which is conveniently positioned under the arms 9 to enablethe user to have available at all times an adequate supply ofclothespins. The receptacle is kept open by the members 18 and theweight of the clothespins contained therein.

The device is supported on the body of a person by placing strap 6behind the neck and the panel 5 is then suspended in front of the personin the manner of an apron and protects the person from contact with wetlaundry carried on the arms 9. The arms are supported in a forwardposition, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 by engaging the trunnions 11 inthe slots 12 and resting the arms on the pins 13. The arms may be foldedin a vertical position by lifting the outer end thereof whereupon thetrunnions will drop downwardly in the slots 12 and the inner ends of thearms will then enter the receptacle 16 to support the arms in a foldedposition.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will bereadily understood and further explanation is believed to beunnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction shown and described, andaccordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resortedto, falling within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

An article carrier comprising a panel, attaching means connected to thepanel for supporting the panel on the body of a person, a receptaclev atthe lower front portion of the panel, a bracket attached to the panelabove the receptacle and including a vertical flange having a verticalslot in its lower edge, a transverse pin on the bracket in front of theslot, and an arm having a trunnion at its inner end slidably received inthe slot while the arm rests on said pin to support the arm in aforwardly extended position in front of the panel, and said arm beingslidable downwardly behind the pin to enter the receptacle and said pinand said receptacle co-acting for supporting the arm in a foldedvertical position in front of the panel.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSGermany Oct. 1, 1931

